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 fth in 2010; sixth in the good things will happen. 2001 Olympic trials, second That’s what we always say. in the 2005 trials and third And that’s what we did all in the 2009 trials. week. But this year? “It’s been a long time “We just felt this was our since 1999. But it’s great time, that we were going knowing we put a lot of time Jeff Stoughton, after winning the Brier in London, Ont., is back at the FWMCC for the first time since 1999. to win this thing,” said the and work and effort into 47-year-old Stoughton, this. We knew this could be Larry Wood opportunity to wear the red to be fun. We know Re- been trying. Stoughton-di- a  nancial systems man- our last chance here, and we Eye Opener Editor and white shirts with the gina’s a great curling town. rected teams  nished fourth ager with Air Canada, in took full advantage of it.” maple leaf stitched on the We’re going to enjoy every at the 2000 Brier, sixth at the wake of his team’s  nal The Bison Boys certainly backs. moment.” the 2006 renewal, third in Brier win over perennial did. t was a long, arduous, “That is something Stoughton and his team of 2007, second in 2009 and bridesmaid They  nished with 11 even tortuous trail . . . special!” he exclaimed. “It Jonathan Mead, Reid Car- of Coldwater, Ont. wins in 13 starts and rav- Iand consistently uphill can’t get any better than to ruthers and will “The last time I felt this aged Ontario with a 96-per- all the way. put that Maple Leaf on your playing the role of heavy comfortable (during an cent team shooting percent- The old champ from Man- back. home favourite, carrying a event) would have been the age that was a Brier record itoba hadn’t made it to the “Representing your coun- 19-3 won-lost record, 1-for- 2005 (Olympic) trials,” he for a championship  nal. Ford world men’s curling try is something you dream 2 in terms of Worlds appear- said. “We were going on all All of which may be total- championship since 1999 of as a curler. It has been 12 ances, in today’s opener at 12 cylinders there. That was ly super uous heading into . . . but he’d been climbing years and we’re so looking the Brandt Centre after a a while ago but this feels . . . the Worlds and opposition back, ever-so determinedly, forward to it. Just a great, lengthy absence. awesome, I tell yuh. offering an entirely different ever since . . . clawing and great feeling.” Stoughton directed Ken “There’s nothing better set of  avours relative to the scratching over boulders Even though the world Tresoor, Gary VanDenBerge than this feeling right now. . and ice and other wintry championship will be a and Gould to the 1996 I’ve been saying right from “It’s different,” he says. obstacles of all shapes and mere  ve-hour drive from world crown at Hamilton, the get-go this is what we “You’re out there playing sizes. home? defeating of were here for and we did it!” guys speaking different It was a long, hard ride, as “Who cares?” Stoughton Scotland in the  nal. Three The team’s secret this time languages and you have no they say. snorted. “It’s the Worlds, years later, at Saint John, around?” idea how they’re approach- And the payoff arrived man! Put the Maple Leaf on N.B., Stoughton, Mead, “We played good,” he ing the same game. It’s sort last month at the John our back. We’re just going VanDenBerge and Doug Thomas Dufour has said. “We made a lot of of cool.” Labatt Centre in London, to rock out to Regina. It’s Armstrong lost the world skipped France at two shots. I mean, that’s all it Ont., when 47-year-old Jeff going to be awesome. I hope  nal to Hammy McMillan Olympic Games, and takes is a simple game. Stoughton of won a few Winnipeggers will be of Scotland. represented the country Throw the rock at the broom Please see REIGN, his third Brier title and the taking that drive. It’s going Since then, times have at six worlds. with the right weight and Page 15 Page 4 2011 Ford World Mens – Eye Opener

Jeff Stoughton’s Brier champs look good to repeat their 1996 success on the world stage. picks ‘n’ pans The Eye Opener makes its fearless FWMCC predictions

Playoff bound . . . Don’t overlook . . . CANADA U.S.A. SWITZERLAND GERMANY Team Stoughton Pete Fenson is the most Andy Kapp has  nished , Winnipeg consistently successful knocked off Randy Fer- everywhere from No. 2 : Jeff Stoughton; Third: Jonathan Mead; Second: ; Lead: Steve men’s skip from Yankland bey in the semis 10 years to No. 10 and he’s play- Gould in years. And the Bemidji ago, won an Olympic ing in his 13th Worlds. The skinny: Stoughton is one of Canada’s sly old skipping foxes who won’t be fazed pizza pedlar has aver- bronze in 2002, but has The tipoff on how he’ll by the different pressures presented by international competition. He prefers “a simple aged close to eight wins been up and down the  nish will be evident game” relative to some of his Canadian peers but he plays it better than most. And he per visit during his last lineup since, playing third early on. His Bavarians has the top third in the country supporting him. Won this event 15 years ago, was runner- three WMCCs. This a year ago at Cortina and need to get out of the up 12 years ago. group could easily step racked up a 5-6 record. gate fast and get on a up and knock somebody The Swiss will be close at roll. Knows most of the out of the top four, even the  nish, this time. opposition like the back NORWAY challenge for the bronze of his hand. Team Ulsrud medal it won at the 2006 Snaroen Curling Club, Oslo Olympics. Skip: Thomas Ulsrud; Third: Torger Nergaard; Second: Christoffer Svae; Lead: Havard Vad Petersson The skinny: Ulsrud missed last year’s competition due to illness in the family but all third Ner- gaard did was skip the team to 11 wins and runner-up status. Intact for six seasons, Ulsrud- skipped units have won silver at the Vancouver Olympics and three bronze medals in WMCC Spoilers at best company. The team has missed the top-three once in the last  ve years. FRANCE DENMARK Thomas Dufour showed a lot of prom- Tommy Stjerne  rst appeared at the SWEDEN ise in 2007 and 2008 but his team Worlds in 1977. That’s a whopping 34 Team Edin hasn’t melded together since then. years ago! These Danish Delights are Karlstads Curling Club, Karlstad Dufour still mans the teehead but Tony too long in the tooth for the long haul, but Skip: ; Third: Sebastian Kraupp; Second: Frederik Lindberg; Lead: Viktor Angiboust is throwing the last rocks they might knock off one the favourites. Kjell for the  rst time. A trend reversal is Question is . . . who? The skinny: Observers suspect former world junior champion Edin is ready to burst forth required here. and reap a harvest any time now. A hunch bet here: the team has made noises the past couple of seasons, played at the last Continental Cup and has three-time world champion Peja Lindholm aboard as coach and mentor which is worth at least one rock per end. Enjoy the visit SCOTLAND CZECH CHINA KOREA Team Brewster REPUBLIC Whatever became Dong Kuen Lee is Curl Aberdeen, Aberdeen Jiri Snitil has amassed of Fengchun Wang? back after an eight- Skip: ; Third: ; Second: Scott Andrews; Lead: Michael a 5-17 record in two Luan Chen’s young year absence. He beat Goodfellow previous appearances at team present a totally Denmark in 2003 at The skinny: It’s taken Brewster, another former world junior champion, a long time to the Worlds. Not bad for unknown quantity with Winnipeg, but nobody reach this level but the promise always has been there. Won eight straight at the Scottish relatives rookies but a absolutely no previous else. Will be in tough “Brier” but had to sneak through the back door to qualify for, and then win, the  nal. May few bricks short of even Worlds experience. improving in that record. or may not be up to the Murdoch standard of recent WMCCs. moderate success. Saturday, April 2 Page 5

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‘This victory Before Pete Fenson, top left, and his crew from Bemidji — from was sweet’ left, Ryan Brunt, Joe Polo, and Shawn Fenson also defeated George 11-7 Rojeski — won in the Page One-Two playoff to ad- the U.S. national vance to the  nal. championship at Todd Birr of Mankato, Minn., Fargo, N.D., in dumped Detroit-born Heath McCor- February, the mick of Sarnia, Ont., 9-5 in the Page Minnesotans helped Three-Four tussle before losing 8-7 Team North America to George in the semi- nal. defeat Team World at Behind Fenson’s 11-0 record, the Continental Cup George was 8-4, Birr 7-4, McCor- in St. Albert, Alta., mick 6-4, Zach Jacobson of Langdon, in mid-January. N.D., 5-4, Craig Brown of Madison, Wis., 4-5, Matt Hamilton of Mc- Farland, Wis., 3-6, Craig Disher of Rolla, N.D., and Jason Larway of Lynnwood, Wash., 2-7./ Geoff Goodland of Eau Claire, Wis., was 1-8.

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“Hey, I’m not going to From Page 6 for this team. it,” says Gould. “He was a pretty amazing.” say that it was all me by any “You know,” Gould skip with a tuck delivery, Gould suggests this unit stretch, but we’ve always muses, “a guy can say, ‘Oh he had knee surgery (a torn can be as good as it wants been friends. We’ve ended yeah, I threw rocks four meniscus) last May, went to to be. up throwing rocks a lot WOOD: Bone to pick times last week’, but if you the  atfooted delivery and “We’ve had such a good together in those intervening don’t see them throwing it isn’t easy to make that season,” he says. years when I was playing four times it’s a different adjustment quickly. But he’s “We’ve beat Glenn, Kevin, with Wayne (Middaugh).” with Scotland mindset. Brad, Koe, all the guys. The Mead says Middaugh team really competitive this unbelievable if we can pull “The changes we made best team? Well, we have proved to be a godsend year, I can start that conver- this thing off. But it’s going this season have been huge. the ability to do what you teammate. sation with Reid Carruthers. to be awfully dif cult.” “Jon is one of those guys saw at the Brier in the game “I think Wayne made me That’s for sure.” Adds the bull-built brusher who gets it, you know? If against Kevin. We all rattled a much better player. I felt Mead has a bone to Gould, who also had a there’s any team con ict some big numbers out there. when I played with Jeff pick with Scotland this hiatus from playing with he’s not the sort to bring it We’ve done that to a few before (circa 1999-2006) it week. Not only did he and Stoughton . . . from 1999 up with anyone. He doesn’t guys this year.” was just, ‘Don’t screw it up Stoughton lose the ’99  nal through 2003: point  ngers. When he Including Howard in the and let the blond kid have a to Hammy and Co., Mead “Geographically, this team misses he blames himself. Brier  nal. shot, you know?’ Because of and skip Hugh McFadyen works perfectly. And there’s Even if we overswept the “That’s been great for the what I learned with Wayne, lost the 1987 world junior history here. Jon and I live shot he’ll say, ‘Sorry guys, I mindset, knowing you can I think I’m a much more  nal at Victoria to Douglas a block apart. Garth ( fth threw too hard’. He’s just a do that,” says Gould. “But well-rounded player and a Dryburgh. player Smith) grew up on good team guy. it’s no different than any of bigger contributer to the end “That’s a long time ago,” our street. We are able to “He and Jeff probably those teams. We know we result.” Mead was saying. “But this get together every day at needed the time away from can be as good as any of And the team as a whole? is fantastic because this is lunch time and throw rocks. one another. You know them. They know that. They “Steve (lead Gould) is what we wanted to do this If there are any team issues the old saying? You don’t feel the same way. So do solid and always has been. year. It hasn’t always been or anything speci c we know what you have until we.” And Reid (Carruthers) is that way with me because want to work through we it’s gone and when it comes Which is to say, this Team right up there with Marc this takes so much out of can take care of it right then back it’s a real comfort.” Canada knows right now Kennedy and you to do these things. It and there. I think it’s very Carruthers is operating at that it belongs on a pinnacle. in terms of the shots he’s hurts your families, it hurts important for Jeff to have full throttle despite a recon- Third Jon Mead says And that’s something you playing. If you want to point your work, there’s so much his guys close at hand.” structed delivery. he’s a much more well- have to know, simply in to anything that’s made our stuff, right? So it would be Togetherness is a big deal “I give Reid a lot of cred- rounded player. order to get there.

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Stoughton’s 1996 Team From Page 3 to be easy playing Jeff but toph Schwaller), ourselves,” he predicted. Canada won eight straight it’s fun playing another team “It’s tough. There are no easy matches in out of the gate at Hamilton besides Kevin,” Ulsrud al- the Worlds any more.” and seven straight out of the lowed Friday. Rounding out the  eld are veteran gate at Saint John. REIGN: “Let’s put it this way. He Thomas Dufour of France, three-time “I was actually young (Martin) is the best. He has competitor Jiri Snitil of the Czech Republic, back then,” quipped Stough- a really strong team. But two-time entrant Dong Kuen Lee of Korea ton. “Now I’m an old fart.” Age plays don’t get me wrong. Stough- and 23-year-old rookie skip Luan Chen and Had Copenhagen oldie ton’s team is a tough one. I his youthful Chinese team. Tommy Stjerne, playing was watching the Brier on In terms of age, skip and team average: at the Worlds for a  fth a factor the web and they were play- Denmark, 53-52 Canada, 47-39; U,S.A. decade, not upset his son’s Fenson on Friday. “They’re ing really strong the whole 43-39; Germany 43-38; Switzerland 44-35; 2009 world junior cham- all great. I mean, we played week. It’s not going to be France 38-34; Czech Republic 36-31; Nor- pion team in the Danish Ferbey at the Worlds, How- easy by any means. way 39-30; Scotland 36-27; Korea 31-25; championship  nal 9-8 in an ard. Over the years, they’re “We played him once this Sweden 25-24; China 23-22. extra end, Stoughton indeed all great. year and it went down to the would be the oldest skip in “In order to come out last rock. We needed two. this  eld. of Canada you have to be I had the rock. We were Stjerne, however, takes playing good no matter who one down with hammer. He that honour at 53 years of you are. made it tough for us.” age. His team also checks “Our goal is to play great In fact, Ulsrud has played in as the most venerable, when we come here and if Stoughton only twice. averaging 52 years. we do that we have a chance “We’ve never beaten him. Canada averages 39, and if we don’t, we don’t.” There has to be a  rst time, Rockin’ Trivia: the same as Pete Fenson’s Norway’s Thomas Ulsrud, right?” Who won the gold medal in the men’s Americans from Bemidji, he of the wild-coloured curl- Ulsrud says Canada division at the 1998 Nagano Olympics? Minn. ing trousers and Vancouver always is the top favourite The Yank average balloons Olympic silver medals, says going in. “Outsiders would Canada Scotland with 59-year-old alternate he won’t be missing gold- be Sweden (Niklas Edin), Sweden Switzerland

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2011 FORD WORLD MEN’S CURLING CHAMPIONSHIP: THE PLAYING FIELD

Canada China Czech Denmark France Germany Charleswood Curling Heilongjiang Curling Republic Hvidovre Curling Club Chamonix Curling Club Fussen Curling Club Club (Winnipeg) Club (Harbin) (Copenhagen) (Chamonix) (Fussen) Brno Curling Experience factor: 5 Experience factor: 2 Club (Brno) Experience factor: 23 Experience factor: 17 Experience factor: 35 Skip: Jeff Stoughton (47-3) Skip: Yansong Ji (21-1) Skip: Tommy Stjerne (53-9) Skip (third rocks): Thomas Skip: Andreas Kapp (43-13) Third: Jonathan Mead Third: Dexin Ba (20-2) Experience factor: 7 Third: Per Berg (49-5) Dufour (38-7) Third: Daniel Herberg (37-6) (43-2) Second: Guangxu Li (22-1) Skip: Jiri Snitil (36-3) Second: Peter Andersen Third (fourth rocks): Tony Second: Andreas Lang Second: Reid Carruthers Lead: Luan Chen (23-2) Third: Martin Snitil (32-3) (53-8) Angiboust (27-6) (31-6) (26-1) Alternate: Wenli Guo (22-1) Second: Jindrich Lead: Anders Soderblom Second: (40-2) Lead: Markus Messenzehl Lead: Steve Gould (38-3) Coach: Hongchen Li Kitzenberger (29-3) (47-5) Lead: Wilfrid Coulot (24-1) (38-3) Alternate: Runner-up: Fengchun Lead: Marek Vydra (36-2) Alternate: Jan Nebelong Alternate: Jan Ducroz Alternate: Holger Hohne (41-1) Wang, Harbin Alternate: Jakub Bares (56-1) (39-7) (40-11) Coach: Norm Gould Last year’s record: Rui Liu, (23-1) Coach: Coach: Jan Ducroz Coach: Martin Beiser Runner-up: Glenn Howard, Harbin, 3-8, finished T9 Coach: Ellery Robichaud Runner-up: Rasmus Runner-up: xxxxx Runner-up: Felix Schulze, Coldwater, Ont. Last year’s record: Did not Stjerne, Copenhagen Last year’s record: Hamburg Last year’s record: Kevin qualify Last year’s record: Ulrik Thomas Dufour, Chamonix, Last year’s record: Koe, Edmonton, 11-2, Schmidt, Copenhagen, 7-4, 3-8, finished T9 Andreas Kapp, Fussen, 5-6, finished first finished fifth finished seventh

Korea Norway Scotland Sweden Switzerland USA Gangwon Province CC Snaroen Curling Curl Aberdeen Karlstads Curling Club St. Moritz Curling Bemidji Curling Club (Chuncheon) Club (Oslo) (Aberdeen) (Karlstad) Club (St. Moritz) (Bemidji, Minn.)

Experience factor: 2 Experience factor: 21 Experience factor: 1 Experience factor: 2 Experience factor: 9 Experience factor: 20 Skip: Dong Keun Lee (31-2) Skip: Thomas Ulsrud (39-7) Skip: Tom Brewster (36-2) Skip: Niklas Edin (25-2) Skip: Christof Schwaller Skip: Pete Fenson (43-7) Third: Soo Hyuk Kim (26-2) Third: Torger Nergaard (36-9) Third: Greg Drummond Third: Sebastian Kraupp (44-6) Third: Shawn Rojeski (39-6) Second: Tae Hwan Kim Second: Christoffer Svae (22-1) (25-1) Third: (32-3) Second: Joe Polo (28-4) (21-1) (29-5) Second: Scott Andrews (21-1) Second: Fredrik Second: Robert Hurlimann Lead: Ryan Brunt (25-1) Lead: Yoon Ho Nam (27-1) Lead: Haavard Vad Lead: Michael Goodfellow Lindberg (25-1) (43-3) Alternate: Scott Baird (59-7) Alternate: Ye Jun Lee Petersson (27-4) (22-1) Lead: Viktor Kjell (25-2) Lead: Urs Eichhorn (31-1) Coach: Ed Lukowich (19-1) Alternate: Markus Hoiberg Alternate: Duncan Fernie Alternate: Oskar Eriksson Alternate: Sven Michel Runner-up: Tyler George, Coach: Doo Sung Lee (19-1) (33-1) (19-1) (23-1) Duluth, Minn. Last year’s record: Did not Coach: Ole Ingvaldsen Coach: Ronald Brewster Coach: Peja Lindholm Coach: Christoph Zysset Last year’s record: Pete qualify Runner-up: Steffen Runner-up: Sandy Reid, Runner-up: Oskar Eriksson, Runner-up: Patrick Vuille, Fenson, Bemidji, Minn., 8-5, Mellemseter, Oppdal Forfar Ostersund Glarus finished fourth Last year’s record: Torger Last year’s record: Last year’s record: Per Last year’s record: Stefan Nergaard, Oslo, 11-3, Warwick Smith, Perth, 10-4, Carlson, Sundsvall, 4-7, Karnusian, Berne, 5-6, finished second finished third finished eighth finished sixth) (player’s age and total world championship appearances, including 2011 and as a fifth player, in brackets) Page 18 2011 Ford World Mens – Eye Opener

2011 FORD WORLD MEN’S CURLING CHAMPIONSHIP: TOURNAMENT DRAW

Time Draw Sheet A Sheet B Sheet C Sheet D

11:30 a.m. Opening ceremonies at Brandt Centre Today 1:30 p.m. 1 Canada vs. Switzerland USA vs. Denmark Czech Rep. vs. France Norway vs. Korea 7 p.m. 2 Germany vs. China France vs. Korea Sweden vs. Scotland Denmark vs. Canada

8:30 a.m. 3 Czech Rep. vs. Norway Switzerland vs. USA Sunday 1 p.m. 4 Korea vs. Scotland Canada vs. Germany China vs. Denmark Sweden vs. France 7 p.m. 5 Sweden vs. USA Scotland vs. Switzerland Norway vs. Germany Czech Rep. vs. China

8:30 a.m. 6 France vs. Denmark China vs. Sweden Canada vs. Korea Scotland vs. Germany Monday 1:30 p.m. 7 Norway vs. Sweden Germany vs. USA Scotland vs. Czech Rep. China vs. Switzerland 7:30 p.m. 8 USA vs. Canada Korea vs. Czech Rep. Switzerland vs. Denmark France vs. Norway

8:30 a.m. 9 China vs. Scotland Switzerland vs. Norway Sweden vs. Germany USA vs. Czech Rep. Tuesday 1:30 p.m. 10 Switzerland vs. Czech Rep. France vs. Canada Norway vs. USA Denmark vs. Korea 7:30 p.m. 11 Germany vs. Korea Sweden vs. Denmark France vs. China Canada vs. Scotland

8:30 a.m. 12 Denmark vs. Norway USA vs. Korea Czech Rep. vs. Canada Switzerland vs. France Wednesday 1:30 p.m. 13 Canada vs. Sweden Germany vs. France Denmark vs. Scotland Korea vs. China 7:30 p.m. 14 USA vs. China Norway vs. Scotland Germany vs. Switzerland Czech Rep. vs. Sweden

8:30 a.m. 15 Scotland vs. France Canada vs. China Korea vs. Sweden Germany vs. Denmark Thursday 1:30 p.m. 16 Czech Rep. vs. Germany Sweden vs. Switzerland China vs. Norway Scotland vs. USA 7:30 p.m. 17 Korea vs. Switzerland Denmark vs. Czech Rep. USA vs. France Norway vs. Canada

Tiebreakers Playoffs Friday, April 8 Friday, April 8 Saturday, April 9 Sunday, April 10 One draw — 8:30 a.m. 7:30 p.m. — Page Playoff 1-2 12:30 p.m. — Page Playoff 1-2 12 p.m. — Bronze-medal game Two draws — 8:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. and/or Page Playoff 3-4 game and/or Page Playoff 3-4 game 5 p.m. — Gold-medal  nal Three draws — 8:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. 5 p.m. — Semi nal Saturday, April 2 Page 19

FWMCC: PREVIOUS CHAMPIONS Evraz Place is proud to host the 2011 Ford World Men’s Curling 2010 - Canada: (Blake waychuk), of Edmonton. Record: (Jeff Ryan, , Keith Championship presented by Richardson MacDonald, , Nolan 10-1. Played at Winnipeg. Fenton) (Denis Fillion), of Winnipeg. Thiessen) (Jamie King) of Edmon- 2002 — Canada: Record: 11-0. Played at Brandon. ton. Record 11-2. Played at Cortina (third) (Dave Nedohin (fourth), Scott 1994 —Canada: Rick Folk (Pat Please visit the d’Ampezzo, Italy. Pfeifer, Marcel Rocque (Dan Holo- Ryan, Bert Gretzinger, Gerry Rich- www.thepinpeople.ca 2009 - Scotland: David Murdoch waychuk), of Edmonton. Record: ard) (Ron Steinhauer), of Kelowna, (Ewan MacDonald, , 8-3. Played at Bismarck, North B.C. Record: 10-1. Played at Public Buffet Euan Byers) (Graeme Connal) of Dakota, U.S.A. Oberstdorf, Germany. in the Agribition building Lockerbie. Record 10-3. Played at 2001 — Sweden: Peter Lindholm 1993 — Canada: Moncton, New Brunswick. (Thomas Nordin, Magnus Swartling, (Glenn Howard, , April 2 - April 8 2008 - Canada: Kevin Martin (John Peter Narup) (Marcus Feldt), of ), of Penetanguish- Lunch 11am to 1pm Morris, Marc Kennedy, Ben Hebert) Ostersund. Record: 9-2. Played at ene, Ont. Record: 9-2. Played at (Adam Enright) of Edmonton. Re- Lausanne, Switzerland. Geneva, Switzerland. Dinner 4pm to 7pm cord 12-2. Played at Grand Forks, 2000 — Canada: Greg McAulay 1992 — Switzerland: North Dakota. (Brent Pierce, Bryan Miki, Jody (Frederic Jean, Stefan Hofer, Bjorn 2007 - Canada: Glenn Howard Sveistrup) (Darin Fenton), of New Schroeder), of Solothurn. Record: Special Brunch (, Brent Laing, Craig Westminster. Record: 10-1. Played 8-3. Played at Garmisch-Parten- Savill) (Steve Bice) of Coldwa- at Glasgow. kirchen, Germany. April 9 & 10 Only ter, ON. Record 12-1. Played at 1999 — Scotland: Hammy McMillan 1991 — Scotland: David Smith 10am to 1pm Edmonton. (Warwick Smith, Ewan MacDonald, (Graeme Connal, Peter Smith, David 2006 – Scotland: David Murdoch ) (Gordon Muirhead), Hay), of Perth. Record: 9-2. (Ewan MacDonald, Warwick Smith, of Inverness. Record: 8-3. Played at Played at Winnipeg. Euan Byers) (Peter Smith) of Locker- Saint John, New Brunswick 1990 — Canada: (John bie. Record 11-3. Played at Lowell, 1998 — Canada: Wayne Middaugh Kawaja, Ian Tetley, Pat Perroud), of Massachusetts. (Graeme McCarrel, Ian Tetley, Scott Toronto. Record: 9-2. 2005 – Canada: Randy Ferbey Bailey) (Dave Carruthers) of Toronto. Played at Vasteras, Sweden. (third), David Nedohin (fourth), Record: 10-1. Played at Kamloops, 1989 — Canada: Pat Ryan (Randy Scott Pfeifer, Marcel Rocque (Dan British Columbia. Ferbey, Don Walchuk, Don McK- Holowaychuk), of Edmonton. Record 1997 — Sweden: Peter Lindholm enzie), of Edmonton. Record: 8-3. Evraz Place is a multi-purpose facility that can host 12-3. Played at Victoria, British (Thomas Nordin, Magnus Swartling, Played at Milwaukee, Wis. a variety of activities including: Tradeshows, Concerts, Columbia. Peter Narup) (Marcus Feldt), of 1988 — Norway: Eigil Ramsfjell Sport Activities & Tournaments, Conferences & Seminars, 2004 — Sweden: Peter Lindholm Ostersund. Record: 8-3. Played at (Sjur Loen, Morten Sogaard, Bo Receptions & Weddings. (Thomas Nordin, Magnus Swartling, Berne, Switzerland. Bakke), of Oslo. Record: 9-2. Peter Narup) (), of 1996 — Canada: Jeff Stoughton Played at Lausanne, Switzerland. Ostersund. Record: 8-3. Played at (Ken Tresoor, Garry Vandenberghe, 1987 — Canada: Russ Howard Gävle, Sweden. Steve Gould) (Darryl Gunnlaugson), (Glenn Howard, Tim Belcourt, 2003 — Canada: Randy Ferbey of Winnipeg. Record: 10-1. Played Kent Carstairs), of Penetanguish- (third) (Dave Nedohin (fourth), Scott at Hamilton. ene, Ont. Record: 9-2. Played at www.evrazplace.com Pfeifer, Marcel Rocque, (Dan Holo- 1995 — Canada: Vancouver.

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anada’s journey Anette Norberg of Sweden However, a long guard to last weekend’s – double Olympic gold, two that shouldn’t have been Capital One World world titles, countless Euro- tightened the passage to the Amber Holland: C “For us, silver Women’s Curling Champi- pean championships and the four-foot to which Holland is a great onship  nal was truly epic. class of the  eld all week had been drawing all week achievement.” In the end, it would be im- with a 9-2 record? and it forced the Canadians possible to consider calling Things looked bleak early to wait forever to engage their last-rock loss a choke. on. Norberg led 2-0 and the brushes and the skip’s For Amber Holland and the Canucks were strug- perfect-weight out-turn her Regina foursome, just gling when Holland pulled draw was short. making it to the  nal was a another rabbit out of her hat, “We’re disappointed,” feat in itself. making a brilliant split to Holland said. “We played Mired at 1-3 early in the lie two. Clearly startled, the a pretty good game. We week and with curling fans veteran Swede failed at a weren’t as sharp off the start around the country wringing GEORGE KARRYS runback and Canada scored as wanted to be, and didn’t their hands, this team put its The Curling News three not only to rejoin the play the 10th end very well. head down and ground out hunt but grab control of the “I think, for us, silver is a  ve victories in their next issue great achievement.” China along the way. six games just to qualify for Was this  nal somewhat Meanwhile, close to 30 Sure, the other playoff a tiebreaker. sloppy? At times, yes. Was Team Canada family mem- win – against the hard-luck Then had to win four it boring? Certainly not. bers made the trip to far off Danish team skipped by straight games to take the Eventually, Holland Esbjerg, giving the Canucks Lene Neilsen — was an gold. They got three of faced a tricky draw against the loudest cheering sec- escape act of Houdini-esque them, disposing of two-time a house-load of Swed- tion of the playoffs. Their proportions. But good teams Olympic silver medallists ish counters for a title penchant for blaring horns on the cake. Canadian curling team has make those happen. Switzerland and Vancouver that looked quite unlikely in a small, half- lled and Indeed. This was eas- captured in recent memory – The  nal against mighty Olympic bronze medallists throughout the week. very chilly arena was icing ily the best global silver a a silver won, not a gold lost.

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